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http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/0 ... arita-soon Bottoms up!

nice... only 5 or 10 years and my flask will get lighter!

Incorporate this alcohol powder into a hops and malt flavored Fizzy or Alka-Seltzer tablet and voilà, back country beer!

Midwest Ed wrote:Incorporate this alcohol powder into a hops and malt flavored Fizzy or Alka-Seltzer tablet and voilà, back country beer!

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58% alcohol by weight? Well, Everclear is like 95% alcohol by weight. In a 2-3 oz Platypus flask you can carry a lot of "juice" for not much weight. I'll still go for the extra weight of a good brandy or Irish Whiskey. It's not all about the buzz.

DonNewcomb wrote:58% alcohol by weight? Well, Everclear is like 95% alcohol by weight. In a 2-3 oz Platypus flask you can carry a lot of "juice" for not much weight. I'll still go for the extra weight of a good brandy or Irish Whiskey. It's not all about the buzz.

now we are talking! But you forgot Bourbon!

DonNewcomb wrote:58% alcohol by weight? Well, Everclear is like 95% alcohol by weight. In a 2-3 oz Platypus flask you can carry a lot of "juice" for not much weight. I'll still go for the extra weight of a good brandy or Irish Whiskey. It's not all about the buzz.

That was the root of my original concept years ago. . . A beer flavored Fizzy and a 1/2 ounce of Everclear.

Lucky Chicken wrote:

DonNewcomb wrote:58% alcohol by weight? Well, Everclear is like 95% alcohol by weight. In a 2-3 oz Platypus flask you can carry a lot of "juice" for not much weight. I'll still go for the extra weight of a good brandy or Irish Whiskey. It's not all about the buzz.

now we are talking! But you forgot Bourbon!

What ever makes your duckie quack. I'm a fan of Lagavulin but my brother an I can both agree on Tullamore Dew. So, that's what we normally pack. However, he did recently introduce me to a "Red Hot" flavored Bourbon liquor that's a real eye-opener. Not sure I'd want to carry it on a quiet week of backpacking. Not exactly a good choice as a mellow introspective drink.